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escape over ending quote to make <code>$</code> literal. Instead of
<code>"It costs $"5</code>, use <code>"It costs \$5"</code></h2>
<h3 id="problematic-code">Problematic code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="SC1135.html#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;The apples are $&quot;&quot;1 each&quot;</span></span>
<span id="cb1-2"><a href="SC1135.html#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">eval</span> <span class="st">&quot;var=$&quot;</span>name</span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="correct-code">Correct code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="SC1135.html#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;The apples are </span><span class="dt">\$</span><span class="st">1 each&quot;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="SC1135.html#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="bu">eval</span> <span class="st">&quot;var=</span><span class="dt">\$</span><span class="st">name&quot;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-3"><a href="SC1135.html#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co"># or better yet: var=&quot;${!name}&quot;</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="rationale">Rationale:</h3>
<p>The script appears to be closing a double quoted string for the sole
purpose of making a dollar sign <code>$</code> literal.</p>
<p>While this happens to work, the better solution is instead to escape
it with a backslash. This allows the double quoted string to continue
uninterrupted, thereby reducing the visual noise of stopping and
starting quotes in the middle of a shell word.</p>
<h3 id="exceptions">Exceptions:</h3>
<p>None</p>
<h3 id="related-resources">Related resources:</h3>
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<li>Help by adding links to BashFAQ, StackOverflow, man pages, POSIX,
etc!</li>
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